The Tennessee Department of Correction is accepting applications from recognized news organizations to serve as witnesses for the scheduled execution of death row inmate Sedley Alley.

Seven media witnesses and two alternates will be selected by the Department of Correction during an open drawing to be held at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution located at 7475 Cockrill Bend Boulevard, Nashville.

The drawing will take place next Tuesday at 10 a.m. CDT.

The drawing will be conducted in accordance with the Rules of the Tennessee Department of Correction Adult Services Division, Chapter 0420-3-4, under the authority of TCA 40-23-116.

Only one application will be permitted from each news organization.

Sedley Alley was convicted of the 1985 murder of Suzanne Collins in Shelby County. The execution is currently scheduled for May 17.